STATE v. HARRISON

No. 16-1998.

914 N.W.2d 178 (2018)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Keyon HARRISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew G. Sease of Kemp & Sease, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Louis S. Sloven , Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone , County Attorney, and Jeffrey K. Noble and Shannon Archer , Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Brent Michael Pattison of Drake Legal Clinic, Des Moines, and Marsha L. Levick , of Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for amici curiae Juvenile Law Center, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth, and the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior.


Keyon Harrison appeals his conviction for first-degree murder. Harrison argues applying the felony-murder rule to juvenile offenders based upon a theory of aiding and abetting violates the Iowa and United States Constitutions. Harrison also presents as-applied and categorical constitutional challenges to his sentence claiming a sentence...

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